The Use and Importance of Nonverbal Communication

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This paper explains that types of nonverbal communications include appearance (occulesics), movement (kinesics), voice (vocalics or paralanguage), touch (haptics), smell (olfactics), space (spatial relationships or proxemics), territoriality, and time (chronemics). It examines each of these options and discusses their effectiveness in interpersonal relationships.

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"Appearance is assessed by characteristics such as attractiveness, race, height, weight, body shape, hairstyle, dress and artifacts. Numerous studies have shown that beautiful people do have an advantage when competing for jobs, grades, friends, or mates. The face is the most powerful channel of all physical features. It provides many clues such as whether a person likes or dislikes us, how they are feeling, identity, nationality, culture, age and their likes and dislikes. Height also has a significant impact on interaction because it is associated with power. For example, smaller people may have a feeling of jeopardy which may make them wary of or defensive around taller people."

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